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.RJBUsTm CAR FENDER.

1 (No Model.)

No. 545,579, Patentedsept. s, 1595.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT BUSTIN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TOWESLEY'VANWART, OF FREDERIOTON, AND JOHN R. MCOONNELL,

OF MARYSVILLE, CANADA.

CAR-PEN oER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 545,579, datedseptember s, 1895.

' Application filed December 5, 1894-. Serial No. 530,920. (No model.)

To tZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT BUsTIN, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oar-Fenders,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to safety attachments for railway-cars operatedby cables, electric 1 o motors, or other power,and particularly to thatclass of safety attachments or car-fenders wherein a flexible net isarranged in an inclined position in advance of the car-platform for thepurpose of picking up and carrying r 5 avperson or object encountered onthe road Way or track. i

The chief object of my present invention is to provide new ,and improvedmeans for supporting the net-carrying frame in advance zo of thecar-platform and enabling the net to be extended laterally some distancepast the railway-rails for the better protection of persons or objectsfrom the car-wheels and to insure removal of a person or object fallingor z 5 lying in proximity to the sides of the tracks outside the rails.

To accomplish this obj eet my invention consists in the combination,with a car, of a bar or beam pivoted to the car-truck and extend- 3o ingforward therefrom, an axle or shaft journaled in the front end of thebar or beam and having guide-Wheels for traversing the railway-rails, ayoke-shaped frame provided with journal-boxes in which said axle orshaft is 3 5 journaled, and having its front end portions extendedlaterally over'the railway-rails, u p.

rights or standards carried by the lateral extensions of the yoke-shapedframe, stretcherbars connected with the lower ends of the 4o standardsor uprights, a rod or shaft connecting the front ends ofthestretcher-bars and provided with an elastic buffer, and a net connectedwith said rod or shaft and with the upper ends of the standards oruprights.

The invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in Which-Figure 1 is a detail plan view of su'cient of a car and car-fender orsafety attachments to'enable my invention to be clearly understood, andFig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

In order to enable those skilled in the art tomake and use my invention,I will now dcscribe the same in detail, referring to the drawings,whereinrailway car designed to be moved or propelled by a cable,electric energy, or other power,

vand, which may be of any construction suitable for the conditionsrequired, for'which reason further description of the car is not deemedessential.

The front car-truck is provided with a centrally-arranged longitudinalbar or beam 2, which extends forward to a point under the car-platform3, and is provided at its front extremity with a journal-box 4, in whichyis j ournaled the axle or shaft 5 of guide-wheels 6.

The rear end of the bar or beam 2 is pivoted to the truck by a pivot 2a,and the guidewheels 6 traverse the railway-rails, so that the car issusceptible of travelingaround very abrupt or short curves. Intraversing abrupt or short curves it is very desirable to provide asafety attachment or car-fender which will guard the rails at suchpoints, and to accomplish this in a very simple, efficient, andeconomical Inanner I provide the axle or shaft 5 With-a yoke-shapedframe, preferably made of a single piece of metal or other suitablematerial, and composed of parallel side arms or members 7 and a curvedportion or segment 8, which extends -beneath the bar or beamf2, bearsagainst the latter, and is held .thereto by a bracket or loop 9,riveted, bolted,

or otherwise attached to the bar or beam 2. The parallelarms or members7 are provided with journal-.boxes 10, in which the end portions of theaxle or shaft 5 are mounted, and the front extremities of the arms ormembers 7 are extended laterally in opposite directions to form theright-angled arms 12, which project over and some distance past therailwayrails, and are located bodily in advance of the guide-Wheels 6.

The laterally-extending arms l2 of the yokeshaped frame are provided attheir outer extremities with standards or uprights 13, hav- 55 Thenumeral l indicates the body of a streety l ing at their lower endsattached brackets 14,

to `which are pivoted or otherwise secured the rear extremities ofstretcherbars 15. The front ends of the stretcher-bars 15 are connectedby a rod 16, covered with rubber, as at 17, to provide ahorizontalbuffer of inherently elastic material. The ends of the rod 16are connected by ropes, cables, or other flexible supports 18 with theupper ends of the standards 13, at which point the ropes or otherflexible supports carry a cushion 19. The usual iexible netting 2O issupported at its upper end by the cushion 19 or otherwise, and at itslower end by the rubber-covered rod 16, the construction being such thatwhen the stretcher-bars 15 lie in a horizontal position, orapproximately so, the netting is held in a stretched condition, and if aperson or object is encountered on the roadway the elastic buer strikesthe person or object, and such person or object is received and retainedby the net.

The length of the rubber-covered rod or shaft 16 is such that its endportions project over and past the railway-rails, and by thisconstruction, in connection with the laterallyextending arms 12 of theyoke-shaped frame, the netting is supported in such manner that itextends laterally some distance past the railway-rails to afford betterprotection and more eifectually guard the car-wheels, while insuring theremoval of a person or object falling or lying in proximity to thetracks outside the rails.

As the car traverses a curve, the yokeshaped frame and bar 2 can move inthe arc of a circle, and the axle or shaft 5 and guidewheel 6accommodate themselves to the curve, While the lateral extensions of thenet or safety attachment will lie over the rails to serve as efficientsafety-guards while the car traverses a curve.

tion relates.

Having thus described my invention,`what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Pat- The combination with a car, of a bar or beam pivoted tothe-car-truck and extending for-` ward therefrom, an axle or shaftjournaled in `the front end of the bar or beam and having guidefwheelsfor traversing the railway rails,

a yoke-shaped frame provided with journal `boxes in which said axle orshaft is journaled, `and having its front end portions extended.

laterally over the railway-rails, uprights or standards carried by thelateral extensions of the yoke-shaped frame, stretcher-bars connectedwith the lower ends of the standards or uprights, a rod or shaftconnecting the `front ends of the stretcher-bars and provided jwith anelastic bilder, and a net connected with said rod or shaft and with theupper ends of the standards or uprights, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses,

` ROBERT BUSTIN. Witnesses:

ALEXANDER S. MURRAY, GEO. L. WILSON.

